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MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
50. I don't even use it
Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:10 PM
Apr 2012

And I'm BLACK.

But, seriously, the only reason that I can think of why they would want to use it is that they're jealous.

God forbid that someone that they think is inferior too them could actually do something that they're not allowed to do.

As Louis CK says, why say "the N word"?... SidDithers Apr 2012 #1
Same reason you don't say the c-word Taverner Apr 2012 #2
Cracker? Ter Apr 2012 #32
See You Next Tuesday nt Taverner Apr 2012 #33
I'm back today Ter Apr 2012 #41
No the C word is called See you Next Tuesday Taverner Apr 2012 #51
LMAO Ter Apr 2012 #54
There's also "hoo-ha" treestar Apr 2012 #56
i don't get it either ... i don't have a need or desire to use that word... Scout Apr 2012 #3
I don't have any desire to use that word. HappyMe Apr 2012 #4
I dunno... pipi_k Apr 2012 #5
tell one person they can say something and tell another that they cant. whoawhat Apr 2012 #6
Because they are petty Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #7
Maybe my friends are weird, but I don't kiva Apr 2012 #8
Same here n/t deutsey Apr 2012 #13
I don't either. emilyg Apr 2012 #29
same here! Quantess Apr 2012 #40
Ditto cherokeeprogressive Apr 2012 #44
Where I live you hear it all the time and folks don't have an issue with it The Straight Story Apr 2012 #9
I would pay to see that too. RC Apr 2012 #12
I kept thinking of this: Fawke Em Apr 2012 #19
+1 doh1 Apr 2012 #27
I can't figure it out, either. Do they feel they are being discriminated against? Arkansas Granny Apr 2012 #10
My mom and grandfolks put it like this HillWilliam Apr 2012 #16
It's a brave new World snooper2 Apr 2012 #24
There's a difference between "using it" and saying it. marshall Apr 2012 #11
My understanding for younger kids is they don't use it with older people because they understand uponit7771 Apr 2012 #14
I must be getting old izquierdista Apr 2012 #15
The only word that is similar that occurs to me is "Bitch." Bitch is a word that no man should use Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #17
The C-word is pretty similar Taverner Apr 2012 #18
And the "C" word, exactly. There are lots of non-sexist, non-racist insults that can be used... Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #21
Not really Spider Jerusalem Apr 2012 #39
True. That is why I get black people using that term treestar Apr 2012 #46
White conservatives know the difference, too, but they're racists and want to play dumb about the Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #53
Semantics can be offensive to rational people. Moostache Apr 2012 #20
Words gain their meaning also from the person who speaks them. MineralMan Apr 2012 #23
Good question. When I was in grammar school, I learned all MineralMan Apr 2012 #22
The only reason people use a word, is because they feel the word will hurt you. Life Long Dem Apr 2012 #25
I do not use that word OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #26
Insecurity. Major Hogwash Apr 2012 #28
There is one valid use for the word nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #30
How about a classroom discussion of "To Kill a Mockingbird"? (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2012 #35
You are in the academic environment nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #36
I was embarrassed to use in on google treestar Apr 2012 #43
And your obsession with the use of a word or the failure to use a word is what? lonestarnot Apr 2012 #31
When I was in grammar schoool someone black called me a cracker. Zax2me Apr 2012 #34
NO. Not OK cbrer Apr 2012 #37
I don't think "so many whites" want to use it. nt TeamsterDem Apr 2012 #38
I don't want to use it and I don't even want to hear it treestar Apr 2012 #42
I suppose some twist this use into some kind of freedom of speech Whisp Apr 2012 #45
'so many white people' is a strawman bart95 Apr 2012 #47
Who are these people? Rex Apr 2012 #48
I simply cannot say that "N-word." Hepburn Apr 2012 #49
It's a case of putting yourself in someone else's shoes Taverner Apr 2012 #52
I don't even use it MrScorpio Apr 2012 #50
So many white people? Zax2me Apr 2012 #55
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